Task Analysis

October 18, 2017

Overview:
Task analysis is the process of breaking a complex skill into smaller, more manageable steps to teach the skill. The steps can look different or be in a different order depending on the student.

Why use task analysis?
• Effective way to plan the teaching of complex skills that require several steps
• Phases taught in smaller sections to master a larger task
• The learner becomes increasingly more independent

Who benefits from a task analysis?
• All ages
• Variety of settings
• Home
• School
• Community
• Work

How does it work?
• Identify the target skill
• Determine prerequisite skills needed for the task
• Break the complex skill into smaller parts (with colleague or self)
• Present the steps of the task analysis by using words, pictures, video modeling, etc.
• Choose a procedure to teach the chain of behaviors (coming soon)